April 17th in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Denny Walling, who spent 18 years in the bigs and was a solid player, primarily off the bench, for Houston, St, Louis, Oakland, and Texas.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Craig Worthington, who was drafted four times and spent seven years in the bigs with four teams.
He enjoyed his best year in 1989 when he hit .247 with 15 homers and finished 4th in the Rookie of the Year race.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Marquis Grissom, who made his debut with the Expos in 1989 and played for 17 years, winning four Gold Gloves and a ring along the way.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Jeff Ball, who appeared in two games for the 1998 Giants and went 1-for-4, a single off Colorado’s Bobby Jones.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Gary Bennett, who came up with the Phillies in 1995 and spent parts of 13 years in the bigs, winning a ring with the 2006 Cardinals.
4/17/91
The Orioles sign Oddibe McDowell as a free agent.
He spends the next three-plus years in the minor leagues, but resurfaces in the bigs with Texas in 1994.
4/17/91
The Astros sign Calvin Schiraldi as a free agent.
He spends part of the year in the minor leagues before being dealt to Texas in June.
It is his final season in baseball.
4/17/95
The Tigers sign Juan Samuel as a free agent.
He hits .281 in 76 games and is traded to Kansas City in September.
4/17/95
The Reds sign Benito Santiago as a free agent.
He hits .286 in his lone season in Cincinnati and signs with the Phillies for 1996.
4/17/93
Mike Hampton goes two and two-third against the Tigers in his big-league debut.
He goes 1-3 in 13 games and is traded to Houston at the Winter Meetings.
4/17/96
Miguel Cairo goes 1-for-4 with a double in his big-league debut for the Blue Jays.
He would spent 17 years in the bigs with multiple teams and later became a coach and, briefly, a manager.
4/17/90
Pittsburgh is awarded the 1994 All-Star game.
4/17/92
Randy Milligan homers twice and drives in 6 in an 8-0 Orioles win over the Tigers.
4/17/92
Making his 199th big-league start, Twins pitcher Bill Krueger throws his first career shutout, a 7-0 win over the White Sox.
4/17/93
Travis Fryman and Chad Kreuter each go 4-for-5 as the Tigers pound out 20 hits and beat Seattle 20-3.
It is the second time in less than a week that Cleveland scores 20 runs.
4/17/94
Cory Snyder homers thrice and drives in 7 as the Dodgers hammer the Pirates 19-2.
4/17/97
In his third big-league game, Marc Sagmoen collects his first Major League hit, an inside-the-park homer off Tim Belcher. It is his only big league home run.
4/17/98
Hal Morris goes 4-for-6 in a 12-7 loss to Oakland. It is his eighth-straight multi-hit game and raise his batting average to .460.
He hits .639 during the streak.
4/17/99
Matt Lawton homers and drives in six as the Twins beat Cleveland 13-8 in 11 innings..
4/17/91
Mike Scott goes on the DL with a shoulder problem.
He never pitches in the big leagues again.
4/17/97
The Royals place Jermaine Dye on the D.L. with a foot injury. He is limited to just 75 games in 1997.
4/17/97
The Twins place Paul Molitor on the D.L. with an abdominal strain suffered in a home plate collision with Kansas City’s Mike MacFarlane.
He returns to the lineup in May amd hits .305.
4/17/98
The Orioles place Mike Mussina on the D.L. with a wart on the index finger of his pitching hand.
He returns in May but is limited to three starts and finishes the season with a 13-6 record.
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